This is a blog for Texas State students taking FCS 4347 (Family Policy) to be able to post their weekly reading assignment (3 newspaper articles about issues or policies that effect individuals and families) and to write their reactions, opinions and implications of the articles.

4.Importance/effect on families/individuals: In this article, they
show rankings of colleges and the income students make upon graduation. These
rankings should concern students when applying to universities and to graduate
students pursuing their master career to have an understanding of what comes
ahead.

My input: In this
article, two popular ranking websites have ranked colleges based on some
metric, but it is hard to decide if we should follow that metric to make a
decision on what colleges to apply to. Especially when colleges have so many
programs to choose from and such a diverse student body. Average starting
salary and hiring rate depends greatly on what degree we choose, not on the
college’s general rate in one of these ranking websites. Of course, these
websites help us by giving us a general idea of what that college might offer
and what our future holds if we are to attend one of the best-ranked colleges.
But if we are not able to attend one of the best colleges based on these
websites, it does not mean that we cannot earn the same amount of money or more
if we attend another college. It also says nothing of the academic merit of
these colleges, and how much knowledge we can get from them And just because a
website says a university is ranked as one of the best means that it is an
accurate ranking, therefore we need to pay close attention to other factors
when choosing the college that we want to go to instead of only going for the
college that we think is the best based on salary rankings.